Film Digital Media Ch. 15

Front 1

Leitmotive is a short musical phrase or specific sound effect that portends the appear-ance of a person, an action, or a situation.

Back 1

True

Hint 1

True or False

Front 2

The major criterion for literal sound is that it is restricted to film

Back 2

False

Hint 2

True or False

Front 3

Sound continuity is important when different microphones are used by the same talent for on-screen and off-screen comments.

Back 3

True

Hint 3

True or False

Front 4

According to Zettl, television programming is predominantly reality based, we cannot ignore the audio portion

Back 4

True

Hint 4

True or False

Front 5

Energy is an inner orientation function of sound

Back 5

True

Hint 5

True or False

Front 6

Narration can be off-camera but not on-camera

Back 6

False

Hint 6

True or False

Front 7

Dialogue fulfills one of the informational functions of sound

Back 7

True

Hint 7

True or False

Front 8

When sound rhythms and picture rhythms parallel each other, the total structure becomes unified and stable

Back 8

True

Hint 8

True or False

Front 9

Sound continuity means that some sounds are treated as the more prominent foreground sounds while others are kept in the background

Back 9

False

Hint 9

True or False

Front 10

According to Zettl, a creative sound track contains many universal sounds with which we are familiar, but it also has sounds that are unique and unexpected

Back 10

True

Hint 10

True or False

Front 11

The contrast ratio or color palette of HDTV is somewhat restricted, especially when compared with digital cinema.

Back 11

True

Hint 11

True or False

Front 12

Because the high-definition film images carry so much aesthetic energy regardless of content, the sound must be equally high-definition and equally loud

Back 12

True

Hint 12

True or False

Front 13

Music is one of the most direct ways of establishing a certain mood, this is a(n) ________ function of sound

Back 13

A. inner orientation

Hint 13

A. inner orientation

B. information

C. energy

D. entertaining

E. structure

Front 14

Film was born as an audiovisual medium

Back 14

False

Hint 14

True or False

Front 15

Sound continuity means that close-ups are matched with close sounds and long shots with faraway sounds.

Back 15

False

Hint 15

True or False

Front 16

ambient sounds

Back 16

Background sounds that normally occur in a specific enviroment

Front 17

literal sound

Back 17

Referential sound. It always refers to its originating source.

Front 18

nondiegetic sound

Back 18

Nonliteral sounds that do not "occupy story space," that is, do not advance the story. See also nonliteral sound.

Front 19

Predictive sound

Back 19

Sound changes or specific sound combinations that signal an impending occurrence. See also leitmotiv.

Front 20

Sound

Back 20

Purposeful audible vibrations (oscillations) of the air

Front 21

Sound perspective

Back 21

Close-up picture accompanied by close-up sound (more presence); long shot accompanied by a farther-away sound (less presence)

Front 22

Source-connected sound

Back 22

Hearing a sound and seeing the sound-originating source at the same time

Front 23

Source-disconnected sound

Back 23

Hearing a sound and seeing a picture that shows something other than the sound-producing source.